Fluid distributor



May 28, 1929. L. H. v. REYNOLDS ET AL 1,715,248

FLUID DI STRI BUTOR Filed Sept. 16. 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet ATroRNEYs My 28, 1929.A L. H. v. REYNOLDS ET AL 1,715,248

FLUID DISTRIBUTOR Filed sept. 1e 1927 2 sheets-Sheet 2 ATTRNEY Pnenied Mey 2s, ieee.

, cierransmrss Partnr LLOYD Ir. v. REYNOLDS ANI; WILLIAM B nNsIomO'r Navitronic N..Y., ess'IeNons l' To ENsIeN-ItiiYNoLns, INO., Or New YORK, N.l gv., A `colareItri'iiioi-ti or New YORK.

FLUID DISTRIBUTOR.

u Application'led September 16, 1927. .Serial No. `220,011.

This invention relates to fluid distributors and more particularly to means for distribbuting gas for combustion purposes and has for an object to provide an improved construction wherein thedistribution of the liuid may be regulated fully.

Anotherwobject of the inventionis to pro- -vide an improved fluid distributor formed .in

' thenature of a burner wherein the fluid or gas'niay be caused to supply flamesatdifl'erent heights at the respectiveends, according to the adjustinent'of the device. Y

A further object, more specifically, yis to provide a gas burner with means for distributing gas and regulating the distribution so that a vlarger amount of gas may be supplied to one end than the otherzor the gas may be caused to be supplied substantially evenly throughout.

In the accompanying drawings Y 1 -Figure lis a longitudinal vertical sectional view through av gas burner disclosing an embodiment of the invention. j

Figure 2 is asectional view through Figure l, approximately on line 2 2.

Figure 3 is a sectional view through Figure l on line 8 3. f .f

Figure 4C is an end View shown in Figure Al. y vFigure 5 is a side view ron a reduced scale, of a complete burner with part of one of the walls of the furnace Or oven illustrating-how of the structure the llame may be larger at one'end than the y other. I Y

Figure G is a view similar to FigureV 1. but showing a modified form of the invention,

' the saine being taken on line 6 6 of Figure 8.

Figure 7 isA a transverse sectional view' through Figure "6 on line 7 7.

Figure 8 is a sectional view through'Figure 6 on line 8 8.

Figure 9 is a view similar to Figure 5 but illustrating how the flame may be highest in the center. v i

' Figure l0 is a fragmentary sectional view similar to the left end in Figure 6 but showing a slightly modified construction.

Figure l1 is a sectional view through Fig-y ure l0 on line 11-11.A 1

Referring Ato the l accompanying drawing by numerals. l indicates partof a furnace or oven used for baking purposes or any other purpose. In burners used in ovens for baking, it has been found thata tubular burner having an even llame throughout will not satisfy. all conditions and, therefore, means have been provided heretofore which will de-A i'lectthe heat to the desired point. In the 'present instance, the burner 2 is 'provided and so arranged that the flame may be caused to assume the position indicated 'by dotted lines' 3 or caused to assume theposition'illustrated bydotted lines ll. This throws the heat atv either end of the burner and, consequently, at the desired place.` f

in order to securethese results and others, the construction shown inFigiire l is provided as a preferable form, though itis evil dent that other-structures could be used to accomplish the saine'r result without departing from the spirit of theinvention. As indicated in Figure l, theburiier '2 is-forined with a tubular member 5 vhaving aslit eX- tending from near one end to nearthe oppositefend. Arranged in the tubular member 5 is al pipe 7.ofsmaller diameter andV openat both ends. lt will be noted that the tubular member 5 is lclosed at one end and Open at the other end,' said `open end being screwed into a fitting or casting 8. 'lhecasting 8 and as-` sociated parts form what mayv be termed a` Vhead and which includes the shell 9 having 'theannular flange lOinto which the tubular.

member 5 is screwed. Alsothehead is 4provided' with what may be termed avdivision wall ll provided with kpassage-wa'ys 12 and i3, passage-way 1 3 being comparatively long by reason of the projection'lll of wall 1l.

The projection lll is provided with a shoulder A l5 forreceiving-the turned over end oriiange y of the pipe 7 whereby this :pipe is limited in its movement in' one direction. Preferably, this pipe is held in place lmerely by friction and maybe easily removed at any time. Y

Co-acting with the wall Allisy a shutter or valve 16 which is providedwith aconipara- Vtively large opening 17 and a solid portion 18.

This valve is rigidly secured by a key or other-V wise to the shaft 19 eatendiiig through the end2() ofthe header casting 8. The end 2O is provided withl a packing gland 21 so as to prevent theA escape of gas. A'hand wheel 22 is rigidly secured to shaft 19. A pointer 23 is secured to hand wheel 22 for indicating the position of the opening-17. When'the parts are in the position shown in Figures l and 4, .pointer 23 is arranged sothat thev end.

thereofwill be between the words far end. l I

When the solid portion 18 is positioned for closingthe opening125`ftlie endof pointer 23"' lcourse, evident that the lsupply pipe is provided with valveatsome desired point whereby the gas may be turned on andol' as the valve 16 merely regulates the-gas as it enters the tubular member 5'so as to cause the Y Yflame to be large at either end or substantially even throughout.

` In Figures 6 to 9 will be seen a modified form of the invention, wherein the gas may be distributed' in different so as to cause the flame to behigh at either end oi high in thecenter. In this form of the invention, 26 is the casing to which agas supply is secured by being screwed into the threaded `extension 27. `Casing 26 is providedwith athreaded projection 28 inwhich is screwed Vthe tubular burner 29, said burner liavinga `slot 30 similar to slot in the preferred form. A valve-seat 31 is fitted intocasing 26 and is provided with ports or apertures 32, 33 and 34, aperture 32 being left unobstructed while -apertures and 34 having screwed therein the respective pipes 35 and 36'. f Pipe 36 is intended to extend to a point substantially midway of thelength of slot 30 while pipe 35 is intended to extend to ynear the closed end 37 oi" the burner 29. In this way, gas passing through any of the apertures 32, 83 and 34: will be distributed yto different points in the burner, namely, to near either end or near the center. A shutter or valve 3S is heh against .the seat 31 by a suitable spring` 39. A rod 40 is secured to valve 38 andeXtends through the end 41' and through a suitable packing box 42 so that the handlet secured to the rod 40- will be actuated for turning the valve-3S so thatthe single aperture 44; therein may be brought into registry with any of theports in the seat 31. In t-his waythe gas is distributed as desired. As a result, the flame 45 may be highest inthe center as shown in Figure 9 or may behigh Vat either end or at one end.

In'Fig'ures 10-and 11, a slightly inodiiied structure is shown to that illustratedin Figure 6. In this form of the invention, a valve i L6 is secured to a shaft 47 extending to a point enteriorly of the casing 26 and is provided with a handle 48. The valve seat 31 in this form-of the invention is shown integral with the casing 36 but it may be made separate and secured in place if desired.` Valve seat 31 is arranged With the Outer face 49 tapering towards the center so that the valve 46 ywill lit lto llow through the iiatwise against the face in either oftwo positions.` In this form of theinvention, either of the ports 50 or 51 may be open or both may be held open.V In this form of the invention, there is port 50 discharged'directly into the burner29 While' port 5l is provided with a pipe 7 which is similar to pipe 7 of the kpreerred form so that the gas can be discharged at either end of the burner 29 or at both ends simultaneously. If desired, the'aperture 44 in the valve 38 could be suiliciently large to partly open two adjacent port-sin the seat 31 when in one position and when in another position, to open only one of these ports.

In operation, when the gas is turned on to pipe 25 of the preferred form, the gas Will iow in casing 8 and if the parts are set as shown in Figure 1, the gas will flowthrougli openings 17 and 12 and will provide a flame substantially as indicated by the dotted lines 4l in Figure 5. If it is desired to have more heat at the opposite end of the burner 2, vvalve 16 is turned a half revolution. This will cause the solid section 18 to close the opening or passage-way 12 and permit all of the gas 7 to the far end of the burner. This will cause theflame to appear as shownv by dotted lines y By a less movement 3 indicated in Figure 5. than a half revolution, anyV proportion of gas may be caused to pass through pipe 7 and passage-Way 12 so that the llame may be adjusted to any desired condition, The saine actionis true iii regard Vto Figure /6 except that thev gas is adapted toA lie-turned on at either end of the burner so that the flame will be high at either end. Also, the gas is adapted to be turned on in the center of the burner so that it will be high Vin the center as shown infFigure 9. Iii' the aperture'lll was 4eloni gated as shown in dotted lines in Figure 8, an additional distribution could be made, using part of two of the ports of seat 31.

In Figures 10 and 11, a further distribution is provided, namely, one where the gas can bedischarged into thefbuiner at either 9o passage-way 18 and pipe end for making either end ofthe flame high Y 'oi'.the parts adjusted to discharge the gas at both ends simultaneously.

What we claim vis t, 1. A gas burner comprising a tubular structure,a `head for supplying gas to the'tubular structure, means for supplying'gas to said head, a pipe extending'from the head interioily of the tubular structure to near the end thereof, and manuallyv actuated meansfor controlling the -low of gasf directly to the tubular member or to said pipe.

2. A gas burner comprising a burner tube having a slit extending' longitudinally therefrom near one end to near theopposite end, means for. supplying gas to said pipe and tube, and a valvefor regulating Vthe amount of-gas supplied tothe pipe and tube whereby of, ay pipe arranged in said tube extending K ing to near the closed end of the tubular member, means for supplying gas to said head, and means carried by the head for causing the gas to pass through any one of the open-y ings in said Wall.

4. A gas burner comprising a tubular member closed at one end and having a gas outlet extending from near one end to near the opposite end, a head connected with the open end of the tubular member, said head having a division Wall provided With a plurality of openings, one of the openings functioning to discharge gas from the head into one end of the tubular member and another functioning to discharge gas at the opposite end of the tubular member, and manually actuated means for causing the gas to iioW thrcugh the openings.

5. A gas burner comprising a tubular member closed at one end and open at the oppo-` site end, a tubular head connected With the open end of the tubular member, a division Wall for dividing the tubular member from theentrance to the head, said division Wall having a plurality of openings, a pipe mounted in one of the openings extending to near the closed end of the tubular member, and a manually actuated rotating valve formed to close the respective openings and to maintain any one orP said openings uncovered.

6. A gas burner comprising a tubular member having a gas outlet, said tubular member being closed at one end and open at the opposite end, a casing connected to the open end of the tubular member, said casing having a division wall provided with a plurality of openings discharging into the tubular member, a pipe inone of the openings for causing the gas passing through that opening to be discharged near the closed end of the tubular member, a rotating valve mounted on said division Wall formed with an opening and a solid section, said opening Aandfsolid section beingproportioned so that VWhen the opening is in full registry With one of the openings in the division wall, the solid portion Will be closing the other openings in the'division Wall, and manually actuated means for shifting said valve.

7. A fluid distributor, comprising a casing adapted to receive a fluid under pressure, a lvalve seat carried by said casing and provided withv three outlets, a'burner connected With said casing for receiving the Huid from said outlets, a pipe connected to said seat and receiving t-he fluid from one of said outlets, said pipe extending to the center of said burner, a second pipe connected to said valve seat and receiving the fluid from a second outlet, said second pipe extending to. near the end of said burner opposite said casing, a valve member co-acting With v said seat formed with a single opening, and

manually actuated means for moving said valve member so as to cause said opening to register at'diferent times With the respective ports in said seat.

'8. A gas burner, comprising a tubular burnerr structure having a distributing head and one closed end and an open end, means for supplying gas to said head, means carried by said head and projecting into said burner for distributing gas to both ends and the center of the burner, and a manuallybperated valve for varying the distribution of gas to the burner.

9. A gas burner comprising a tubular mem-y Y bei` closed at one end, a head connected to the f opposite en'd, said head being provided with a valve seat and three ports, a pipe extending from one of said ports to near the closed end .oi said tubular member, a pipe extending from a second port to a position approximatep' ly midway-between said ports and said closed end, a flat valve positioned to close any of said ports and a manually actuated member for moving saidvalve from one position to anotier for detlecting gas from one pipe to the ot ier.

lWILLIAM B. ENSIGN 

